Coitor croaker (Johnius coitor)

Scientific name: Johnius coitor Hamilton, 1822

Coitor croaker (Johnius coitor)

The Coitor croaker (Johnius coitor) is a freshwater fish of the family Sciaenidae. Native range: Indo-West Pacific, east coast of India, Bangladesh, Burma southward to about Singapore and Borneo around Brunei to Australia. Reported from Nepal.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 10 - 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 26-29; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 6 - 8

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Johnius coitor
Family
Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
16.0
Common length
13.0
Environment
Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; amphidromous
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: east coast of India, Bangladesh, Burma southward to about Singapore and Borneo around Brunei to Australia. Reported from Nepal.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K>1)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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